I see a lot has happened since I had to go tend to 'life'...ah, well...let me note a couple of things...


" While he hasn't admitted it, Bill's incident at the supermarket ended with the individual helping solve the problem and getting Bill the service he needs."

Admit?? There is little to admit....It is true that I got my groceries, but it required her to perform the operations for me! ....it is NOT true that I got what I needed- information about why the automated system didn't work, or more accurately, why *I* couldn't make it work. She could not frame a sentence and pronounce the words to tell me of MY presumed error, so that *I* could do it correctly and thus ease both our lives. Indeed, I said that *I* gave up using the auto-check/scan lanes (at least for now) BECAUSE I dread dealing with learning the button-pushing order...and dread having her try to explain it.

And, Ron, the first part of your post of 2:56PM is one long 'straw man' (the paragraph after "Let's cut to the chase.") You knock down claims no one is making! You invent scenarios that are not suggested, then explain how terrible they are!

Then: You end with more slogans:

"Our country was built by immigrants, and our current crop of diverse cultures continue to expand on those ideals. It is one thing to encourage communication, it is another to alter our freedoms."

which ignores my suggestion that changing times need changed approaches and adaptation to different demographics....Not wholesale dismemberment of the Constitution, as you seem to think I am advocating, but real, honest, practical OPEN discussion of what will make this country better for everyone.